Do You Take Ethics Into Account When Buying Video Games?

Something terrible almost happened. I almost bought a ModRetro Chromatic retro handheld device until someone pointed me towards Natalie’s Don’t Buy from ModRetro post who outlined you’re indirectly supporting a war: […] I am against children dying […] Also, there is a evidence that this was done by the US most likely through bad information from AI. We’ve also seen this month that AI companies like Open AI and Anthropic are largly entangled in the US empire’s war machine. You know another that exclusively mixes AI and weapons? Anduril. Anduril’s co-founder is Palmer Luckey who is the creater of ModRetro. ModRetro has release a Game Boy Color FPGA emulator, the Chromatic. More toxic and very questionable evidence is provided by Natalie. But how could I have known all this? I accidentally discovered the existence of the Chromatic through a YouTube video on modern retro-inspired handhelds (that include my own Analogue Pocket). I was shocked to discover this—not only because of Luckey’s…